Description

Original engraved chart titled “Carte de l’Archipel des Navigateurs, découvert par M. de Bougainville en Mai 1768 et reconnu par les frégates françaises ‘La Boussole’ et ‘L’Astrolabe’, en Décembre 1787.” This fine French hydrographic map documents the Samoan Islands (Archipel des Navigateurs), showing discoveries by Bougainville in 1768 and the later French expedition under La Pérouse in 1787. Detailed features include island outlines, bays, anchorages, soundings, rhumb lines, and French naval notations. A compelling piece of 18th-century Pacific exploration cartography—ideal for collectors of French maritime mapping and the Oceania region.

Specifications: 84.5 x 60cm

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